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David H. Brooks, Convicted of Stock Fraud, Dies in Prison

Founder of body-armor maker DHB Industries was convicted in 2010 for masterminding $185 million stock swindle

Associated Press

Updated Oct. 31, 2016 9:15 a.m. ET

DANBURY, Conn.—David H. Brooks, the founder of America’s leading supplier of body armor to the U.S. military, died in prison while serving a 17-year sentence for running a stock-fraud scheme. He was 61.

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed Mr. Brooks died Thursday at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Conn. On Saturday, BOP...